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Alexandra Schröder (she/her)
24
Bisexual
Wielder of the Fallax’s Eye
AKA: Alex, Lexy, Altaris
Alex doesn’t know much about herself. This wasn’t by accident. Her parents, Sonia and Bert, have known there was something different about her since her infancy, and are so terrified of that something coming out that they have effectively locked Alex outside of her own body.
Alex is a shy girl whose “shyness” really goes much deeper than either she or her parents are comfortable confronting. Panic attacks, bouts of aggression, headaches, mind fog, memory loss…it sounds like the symptom soup that comes with something like panic disorder, but what most doctors fail to notice is the supernumerary gland in her brain by her frontal cortex. This gland, the Fallax’s Eye, is an inherited trait that Alex has been conditioned to repress all her life, but its violent power is starting to surface now that Alex has moved out, and beginning to see more and more danger around her every day. If you see her eyes begin to develop an odd yellow glow, it’s best to walk away immediately. You shouldn’t corner a threatened animal like that.
Natalia Calaveras (she/her)
24
Lesbian
AKA: Natalie, The Crossbones Killer
Natalie’s job put her in a really shitty place, and occasionally snarking at a certain annoying, mousy nerd girl in her grade who she saw vomit into a trash can is about the only release she can get. She’d like more, though. So when someone posted photos of her working after school all over the wall on prom night, she decided she was done with school. Nobody knows what happened to Natalie after that night.
Six years later, a serial killer is on the loose, tagging their kills by arranging a skull and crossbones with their victims’ bodies. It’s advised that you keep your doors and windows locked at all hours of the day, and that you don’t let any bottle-blondes with lavish fur coats or red lipstick follow you home from the store.
After all this time, Natalie is really coming into a lifestyle that suits her: a nice cozy place in the woods all to herself, new clothes, new hair, and plenty of time to sharpen her ax (on somebody else’s head).
Catherine Ryong (she/her)
33
Bisexual
Private Investigator
AKA: Cat, Kitty-Cat, Kit-Kat
Cat doubts she'll get a new lead on this "Family" business until, strangely, a rude and flamboyant woman finds her office and basically demands her help in finding her missing friend: Alex.
Elise Schröder (she/her)
59
Heterosexual, celibate
AKA: The Elder
Elise is missing her daughter, or rather, her best one: the girl who inherited her divine power. Alexandra's value to the Family cannot be overstated, and Elise will go through hell and high water if it means finding her. She envies her brother and his wife for having raised Alexandra themselves, having produced her. At the same time, she resents and relishes that they decided to practically disown her, throw her into the world without a clue of where to go. On the one hand, what a stupid decision when you have such a powerful gift in your hands. What a waste. On the other, what a wonderful opportunity for her to finally be the mother Alex so clearly needs.